Red Heart

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General Information

Erythroxylum spp.

South America

50-65 ft (15-20 m) tall,

1-1.5 ft (.3-.5 m) trunk diameter

Inlays

Fine furniture

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Shrinkage:

640 (kg/m3)

0.52, 0.64

5,380 N

98.7 MPa

10.32 GPa

46.2 MPa

Radial: 2.8%

Tangential: 8.2%

Volumetric: 10.6%

T/R Ratio: 2.9

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